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Royals Basketball

The Royals, a girls traveling basketball team consisting of 7th and 8th graders from the 6 regional towns will be traveling to Cape Cod March 26-28 for a basketball tournament. Needless to say, there is fund raising to do!!  Continue Reading

Chocolate Fest Coming…

This Valentine’s Day enjoy chocolate and help provide educational opportunities for local college students. The Kent Center School Scholarship Fund’s 15th Annual Chocolate Fest is Feb. 10, 2010 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Kent Center School cafeteria, 9 Judd Avenue. Snow date is Feb. 11.  Continue Reading

Evelyn Struzynski: Dean’s List Student

Evelyn Struzynski, daughter of Carrie and George Struzynski of Kent, and, a 2009 HVRHS graduate, has made Dean’s List for the 2009 Fall semester at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.  Continue Reading

Climate Change 101: CO2 Concentration

Today, every news show seems to talk about carbon dioxide (CO2), but usually with very little reference to actual data. Much of the news is dominated by political scare tactics or abject rejection of all science. So, here we describe, in a series of articles, the actual data as available on-line with references and some added science discussion.  Continue Reading

EGGstravaganza

Backcountry Outfitters is working together with Sister Mary Laning to help feed the homeless in Harlem this Valentine’s Day. The second annual EGGstravaganza is in the works and Backcountry Outfitters is looking for help from the community.  Continue Reading

A Winter Camping Adventure

Continuing an annual tradition, five members of South Kent School’s (SKS) junior class – including Benjamin Bruen of Sherman and Connor Greene of Bridgewater — braved the elements during a mid-Winter camping adventure, this year in the rugged hills of western Massachusetts.  Continue Reading

Snapshot Day

On Thursday, February 18, libraries all over Connecticut will be taking a “snapshot” — collecting information to capture the impact that Connecticut libraries have on their communities on a typical day. We’re calling it “Snapshot Day.”
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Was That One Fire Truck or Two?

By John Mauer

That’s the question the Board of Selectmen addressed last night at their regular meeting.  The subject was the five and ten year plans for the capital and non-recurring account.  They also talked again about the future benefits for the Tax Collector, but made very little headway.

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An Afternoon of Classics & Jazz

The Litchfield Jazz Festival and Kent Lions Club present the second annual “Afternoon of Music.” This year’s concert, “An Afternoon of Classics & Jazz,” celebrates the music of Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and others. Held at Kent School’s Mattison Auditorium on Saturday, February 6th from 4-6 PM, it features Kent’s own celebrated pianist Dolph Traymon, and professionals and outstanding young talents from Litchfield Jazz Camp.  Continue Reading

South Kent School Hosts US-China Teacher Exchange Program

Iris Yao, a high school teacher from Shanghai’s prestigious Guang Ming High School, describes herself as “just an ordinary teacher of English.” But this year, at least, Ms. Yao has been singled out by her school as someone very special.  Continue Reading